After waking up with a mild rash one day, a writer shares why waiting on treatment could've been a mistake in the long run.

Previous studies have shown that people who develop shingles face about a 20% higher risk of cognitive decline, including ...

Researchers have developed a new treatment formula—known as GS-1—that could reduce the symptoms and contagiousness of the viruses behind shingles and cold sores. Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and ...

Only one specific part of Medicare pays for the shingles vaccine: Medicare Part D, which covers the shingles vaccine with no ...

Getting shingles just once could increase the risk of long-term confusion and memory loss, a new study has found. The study, led by Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, linked the ...

A reader who contracted shingles in the eye despite vaccination experienced no pain, which a doctor confirms is a known ...

People with a family history of shingles (Herpes zoster) are more vulnerable to the disease than those without a family history. Shingles is an outbreak of rash or blisters on the skin that is caused ...

Healthy women under 50 are now more at risk of the condition. What I didn’t know is that intense exercise could be to blame and the condition could cost me hundreds of dollars, writes Arwa Mahdawi ...

Does eczema increase your risk of shingles? A large study found people with atopic dermatitis were more likely to develop ...

Mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) and shingles are both viral infections. They can both cause similar symptoms, and a person can have both infections at the same time. Mpox is a viral infection that ...

Beloved Australian comedian Julia Morris is speaking out for the first time about a secret health struggle that left her ...